The only treatment option involves a three-year battle with intense therapy.

"Telling your 8-year-old boy that he has leukemia is pretty heartbreaking," a teary-eyed Kristen Rogers told KCRA 3. “We basically said, this is what you have. But Mommy and Daddy’s got this. You got it.”

The explanation has become a battle cry for Shane.

One sleepless night, his mother asked friends and family members to take a picture with a sign reading, “You Got This” and post it to Facebook.

"I thought it would be great if everybody made a sign and (cheered) him on," Rogers said.

Soon, hundreds of photos started to be posted from friends and family -- and then by people the Rogers family had never even met.

Pictures from Santa Cruz, Chicago, Pennsylvania and even New Jersey poured in.

Then, supporters from the Netherlands, Brazil and even West Africa posted images.

“They do not know us, but they care,” Rogers said.

Days after the diagnosis, friends rallied behind the Rogers family.

It started with meals, then cards, and now, it is so much more.

"We needed a team. We needed the whole village,” said a friend, Kristen Roth.

Roth’s son was a classmate of Shane's at Silva Valley Elementary, in El Dorado Hills.

“We’re Shane’s village,” Roth said.

And this village does more than prepare meals.

It has held fundraisers, a blood drive, and offered nonstop support.

The latest effort is to collect stuffed animals and blankets for children in the hospital.

“We have asked several local businesses to put bins (out) to collect them,” friend Jenn Soto said. “The amount of support has been amazing.”

The group has collected hundreds of animals and blankets.

“Shane has had to go to the UC Davis Surgery Center a lot,” Rogers said. “He receives chemo through his spine. It’s horrific for me as a parent.”